Chapter 207.2: Biological and Technological Singularity

"Crazy? No, the world is crazy, I've never seen such an amazing creature!" Looking at the lizard with fascination, Hyrja continued, "I checked its DNA. It most definitely belongs to the Reptilian order of the Chordates! It has evolved its own body temperature regulation mechanism, which can maintain a high metabolism in winter like mammals. As long as it wants, it doesn't even need to go into hibernation!"

"Even a Tegu Lizard can only maintain a constant body temperature for a period of time during breeding... Is this really because of radiation mutation?"

Chu Guang didn't know how to answer her question. After all, he had only been in the world for less than a year, and this was the first time he had seen such a terrifying monster.

Yin Fang, who was standing at the side, also had an incredulous look in his eyes.

It was just that his focus was different from Hyrja's, his eyes fixed on the jet-black device on Deathclaw's neck.

It looked like a large ring!

"It's really incredible... The device installed on the back of its head can really make it connect with the human mind?"

"The result of the interrogation is indeed this. Do you want to try it?" Having said that, Chu Guang took out an item with the same shape as the headset and threw it in Yin Fang's hand.

After Yin Fang took it, he pondered with it for some time in his hand before putting it on his head.

He then switched on the power..

After turning the knob all the way up, a slight electric current sounded like a current flowing through in the brain.

But other than that, there seemed to be no other feeling.

"How do I use this... Ow!" The stinging pain that came from the back of his mind made Yin Fang let out a painful cry. He subconsciously reached out and pressed his temple.

But the pain came and went quickly, and soon he got used to the tingling sensation and put his hand down.

Watching Yin Fang recover, Chu Guang, who had already tried it once, continued, "You could try giving the monster an order... For example, you can order it to stand up."

Holding the mic at the corner of his mouth, Yin Fang took a deep breath and stared at the Deathclaw. "Stand up!"

Body trembled, the Deathclaw lying on the ground, although resisting the order, still dragged its scarred body and slowly stood up from the ground.

Holy shit?

It really works?!

Yin Fang was shocked, even forgetting about the headache, and continued to give orders to the mic at the corner of his mouth. "Sit!"

Deathclaw sat obediently on the ground.

The expression on Yin Fang's face became more and more shocking, and he continued to order it with excitement as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Stand Up!"

"Jump on one foot!"

"Draw circles on the ground with your tail! Tsk, can't do this? Then bark like a dog!"

"..."

The Deathclaw, who was repeatedly messed around, gradually showed a painful expression on its face, the neurons in its body were highly active, and its brain waves began to be disordered.

Chu Guang could clearly feel that if it weren't for the iron chain, this beast probably would've torn the guy in front of it with its claws!

But Yin Fang didn't seem to care about that.

He just wanted to figure out where the limits of the device were.

He tried almost all the commands he could try, and just when he was thinking about what other commands he could try, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell back as his shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

Chu Guang gently pushed forward with his left hand, holding Dr. Yin who fell backwards, and took off the headset on his head with the other hand. "It's best not to use this thing continuously... It will not only cause a mental load on the subject being manipulated, but also on the person using the device."

Chu Guang had tried it once.

Rather than mind control, the device functions more like a kind of hypnosis.

It did not allow the user to directly manipulate the actions of the controlled person, but through the pressure on the spiritual level, in the form of a spiritual suggestion to make the mutants that were put on the ring execute a few simple commands. For example, they could command it to attack.

Another example would be going forward, backward, or running in a certain direction.

Hopping on one foot could barely be performed, but things like drawing circles on the ground with its tail or barking like a dog couldn't be done.

This device couldn't allow the controlled person to complete commands beyond its cognition, unless it had actively done similar things at a certain moment in its life.

Even so, the setup was great. But it was far from the morphogenetic field in his shelter.

Players from different worlds could directly possess clones, which was much more awesome than indirect control.

If the clones didn't die, the player would be able to keep fighting.

It was completely unlike the monster they obtained.

After breaking the ring around its neck, it would probably go out of control.

"Sorry, I got carried away. I've never seen this kind of technology before..." Yin Fang shook his head and regained his footing.

Chu Guang said thoughtfully, "Is there technology that even the academy doesn't know about?"

Yin Fang said helplessly. "The academy is not omnipotent, and we also have things that we don't know much or don't understand at all."

After a pause, he continued. "I should have told you before, in order to facilitate the remodeling work, we've divided the technology into seven levels of F, E, D, C, B, A, and S for management according to the difficulty of remodeling, and allocate personnel and budget reasonably."

Chu Guang nodded. "You did say it once."

Yin Fang continued, "In fact, in addition to the well-known seven levels, there is an eighth level outside the system. It’s what we call the singularity."

"Singularity?" Chu Guang frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yin Fang explained, "It's the most cutting edge, a blank slate of the future. These techniques are like a singularity in calculus, an unanalyzed point in a complex function, an island independent of a set... They're like our bottlenecks with the future.”

"For example, the neutrino channel that you may have never heard of, or the mutant human flooding the wasteland... They are all singularities, although immature, they usually have extremely attractive prospects behind them. Once completed, it will predictably set off a round of technological revolution. For example, the former corresponds to superluminal travel, we will be able to go to further galaxies faster and cheaper, and the latter corresponds to super life with full environmental adaptability. "

After reaching that point, Yin Fang shrugged. "Of course, the technological revolution mentioned here is based on the premise of social integrity. What we need now is obviously not innovation, but revival. So... the Academy doesn't know much about the singularity, and only selectively retains some topics worth continuing, and the focus of recycling work is mainly on the mature technologies in the system.”

An isolated individual outside the system, future technology that was not completed even before the war...

To use an inappropriate analogy, it was probably similar to forbidden spells in a fantasy setting.

Chu Guang could only understand it this way.

"I'm suddenly a little curious, are the clones of the army a singularity?"

To Chu Guang's surprise, Yin Fang nodded decisively. "It can be considered one, but only half of it. The full name of the whole project should be 'full life cycle adjustable technology'. If it can be completed, theoretically we can shorten or extend the time of any life cycle of any life, and control evolution in the truest sense."

"If you want, you can be a child for life, or an adult, and you will be immortal at the genetic level. Our species will completely get rid of backward R/K selection theory[1]">https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory#:~:text=r%2FK%20selection%20theory%20describes,elephants%20(K%2Dselection).[/ref], no longer accept natural selection, but reaching a state of self-defining."

Hyrja, who was standing next to him, was stunned. "Can this kind of thing be done?"

"Who knows?" Yin Fang shrugged, "Maybe, maybe not, only the future knows everything about the future."

Yin Fang and Hyrja started an academic discussion on whether this kind of thing could be realized. Clearly, Hyrja didn't believe it, saying that such a thing was unheard of.

Yin Fang simply disdained her opinion. "You're really young... Didn't your mentor teach you not to jump to conclusions about unknown things?"

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Hearing that Yin Fang actually talked about her mentor in such a disrespectful tone, Hyrja instantly snapped.

Xia Yan was stunned throughout the whole conversation. She couldn't even remember exactly when she started to get confused.

As for Chu Guang... He was lost in thought.

He suddenly thought of that recording where he heard the expression about the morphogenetic field.

After organizing his thoughts, Chu Guang interrupted the argument between the two and said, "If there is a technology that can create a strong connection between two different dimensions of consciousness and transmit information across the boundaries of space and time..."

"What the hell is that? Magic?" Yin Fang, who was in a heated argument, replied without thinking, in a tone that sounded like pure mockery.

But perhaps realizing that he shouldn't have talked to Chu Guang in such a tone, he closed his mouth immediately afterward.

But Chu Guang didn't take what he said to heart.

That was because he felt the same.

It was unheard of, and it sounded like a miracle.

However, seeing Yin Fang's reaction, Chu Guang roughly understood.

A certain technology hidden in Shelter 404 had obviously surpassed the cognition of the Academy, and naturally it couldn't be included in the F, E, D, C, B, A, and S classification system.

There was no doubt that it had reached the realm of singularity!

And it seemed to have matured...

Just when Chu Guang was about to chat with Hyrja about the Torch Church, the voice of Little Seven suddenly came from the communication channel. "Master, something happened to your players!"

Hearing the hurried cry from the little bin, Chu Guang was dazed for a moment. Without asking for further information, he immediately closed the visor of his helmet. He flicked his index finger in front of the tactical eyepiece a few times, and cut to the map interface.

Xia Yan, who was standing next to him, realized something when she saw Chu Guang's sudden movement, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Chu Guang, who was staring at the map, frowned and said in a deep voice. "Something happened!”

Almost as soon as his voice fell, a guard trotted over from a distance.

Standing in front of Chu Guang, he gave a military salute and said with a serious expression. "Administrator, the team you sent to the Battery Factory to cover the evacuation of the local survivors was attacked by a group of marauders!"

"Understood, I have arranged for someone to assist them."

Chu Guang looked up at the nursing home, and saw a spare Hummingbird drone flying into the air and quickly disappeared in the northeast direction.

Just a second ago, he had mobilized the team that was executing the mission nearby to support the members in the Battery Factor. He also issued a defensive mission to the players on the front line.

They had to hold on until reinforcements arrive!

"Don't let me down!"

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